>From 5234793b42fcdb0dfa345a96903b0d5439d35942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bex
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 14:05:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add 'make check' description
---
README | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 730ef4c..27f1c47 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -131,7 +131,23 @@
It designates the directory where the files are installed
into.
- 2.4. Optional features
+ 2.4. Verifying your installation is correct
+
+ You can check whether Chicken is functioning correctly by
+ running
+
+ make PLATFORM= PREFIX= check
+
+ This will run the test scripts, which show a lot of output.
+ The only thing that matters is the exit status at the end.
+ If it exits with status 0, everything is fine, if it exits
+ with a nonzero status, the failing test's output should be
+ the final lines before Make's "error; exit" output. If the
+ check fails on unmodified sources, please file a bugreport.
+
+ Currently "make check" only works if you have installed Chicken.
+
+ 2.5. Optional features
You can further enable various optional features by adding
one or more of the following variables to the "make"
@@ -225,7 +241,7 @@
Be warned that this is a highly experimental option and
profiling doesn't work for every component of Chicken.
- 2.5. Uninstalling Chicken
+ 2.6. Uninstalling Chicken
To remove CHICKEN from your file-system, enter (probably as
root):
@@ -235,7 +251,7 @@
(If you gave DESTDIR during installation, you have to pass
the same setting to "make" when uninstalling)
- 2.6. What gets installed
+ 2.7. What gets installed
These files will be installed under the prefix given during
build and installation:
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1.7.9.1